One of the reasons for heading to North Wales was a desire to go back to the National Trust garden at Bodnant. We went in September last time, so quite fancied seeing it earlier in the year - we were particularly pleased that the Laburnum arch was in full display.
Bodnant is quite possibly my favourite garden - so many different parts, and well worth a visit.
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Catching up with some photos from earlier in the year - these were taken during a short break in North Wales, staying on the coast at Dinas Dinlle. A really nice spot, with some good sunset skies.
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We finished off our trip to the sunny delights of North Wales by driving down through the Elan Valley - a series of dams and reservoirs built to provide water for Birmingham.
SWMBO was trying to convince me that the feral sheep of the Elan Valley were meat eaters. Mind you, this one was staring at me for quite some time.
This tower is apparently the point where water is extracted for Birmingham. There was a real temptation to add my own personal donation...
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Heading back from Bodnant across Snowdonia, we stopped at a couple of waterfalls.
The first was the Ogwyn Falls, at the western end of Lyn (lake) Ogwyn - we just happened to notice it from the car and stopped for a look.
The second was the more well known Swallow Falls in Betws-y-coed. As there had been a reasonable amount of rain, there was quite a decent flow over the falls.
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